Kernel Cob And Little Miss Sweetclover eBook

And in the middle of the garden sat a little boy and
a little girl and they were making mud cakes.

And when John saw them he shouted with a great glad
cry.

“Jackie!”

“Peggs!”

And Margaret sank down upon the garden path, for she
was so happy that she couldn’t move another
inch.

And the two children stopped playing and turned to
John and Margaret and a look of wild happiness came
into their faces, and Jackie jumped to his feet and
ran to John and threw himself into his outstretched
arms and cried:

“Father!”

And Peggs ran to Margaret and was hugged and hugged
in her loving arms.

And all the time Kernel Cob was trying to understand
what was going on, for he knew Jackie and Peggs the
moment he saw them, but couldn’t get into his
head that Margaret and John were their motheranfather.

“You dear, blessed children,” cried John
hugging them first one and then the other, “and
to think that we could have ever left you to go hunt
for gold.”

“And to think,” said Margaret, “that
these dolls should have been sent by Providence, way
out to the Yukon to remind us that children are the
greatest riches in the world.”

And she held the dolls up in her hands.

“It’s Kernel Cob and Sweetclover!”
shouted Jackie and Peggs together, and in a jiffy
they had them in their arms.

And they all had a wonderful party of ice cream and
cakes and puddings and candies, the best party ever
you saw.

“This is the happiest day of my life,”
said Father.

“It is indeed,” said Mother.

“I never thought I could be so happy,”
said Peggs.

“You bet,” said Jackie.

“Well,” said Sweetclover to Kernel Cob,
“now do you understand?”

“Huh,” said Kernel Cob, “I knew
it all the time, only I didn’t want to spoil
the surprise for you.”

“But what I want to know,” said Peggs,
“is how Kernel Cob and Little Miss Sweetclover
never wilted like all the other flowers, but have
kept as fresh as the day we made them.”

“I’ll tell you why,” said Jackie,
and he looked very wise. “It’s because
they are fairy dolls and everybody knows that fairies
live on forever and forever!”

[Illustration: The End.]

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